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Table 3 Agreement between PET/CT, whole-body bone scintigraphy, and clinical symptoms

From: F-18 FDG PET/CT in 26 patients with SAPHO syndrome: a new vision of clinical and bone scintigraphy correlation

   

PET/CT functional part

κ

95% CI

Negative agreement (%)

Positive agreement (%)

 

−

+

Anterior chest wall

Symptom

−

2

6

0.24

− 0.14–0.61

36.4

82.9

+

1

17

WBBS

−

0

1

− 0.06

− 0.16–0.03

0

91.7

+

3

22

PET/CT structural part

−

3

5

0.45

0.09–0.81

54.5

87.8

+

0

18

Cervical spine

Symptom

−

21

2

0.51

0.02–0.99

93.3

57.1

+

1

2

WBBS

−

21

1

0.70

0.32–1.00

95.5

75.0

+

1

3

PET/CT structural part

−

20

0

0.75

0.44–1.00

95.2

80.0

+

2

4

Thoracic spine

Symptom

−

15

8

0.30

0.01–0.59

78.9

42.9

+

0

3

WBBS

−

13

1

0.77

0.52–1.00

89.7

87.0

+

2

10

PET/CT structural part

−

13

1

0.77

0.52–1.00

89.7

87.0

+

2

10

Lumbar spine

Symptom

–

10

5

0.55

0.25–0.85

76.9

76.9

+

1

10

WBBS

−

7

3

0.44

0.09–0.79

66.7

77.4

+

4

12

PET/CT structural part

−

8

3

0.53

0.20–0.86

72.7

80.0

+

3

12

Sacral spine

Symptom

−

15

0

0.49

0.18–0.80

83.3

62.5

+

6

5

WBBS

−

20

3

0.42

− 0.05–0.88

90.9

50.0

+

1

2

PET/CT structural part

−

19

0

0.79

0.51–1.00

95.0

83.3

+

2

5

Sacroiliac joint

Symptom

−

12

3

0.17

− 0.19–0.54

70.6

44.4

+

7

4

WBBS

−

15

3

·

− 0.05–0.74

81.1

53.3

+

4

4

PET/CT structural part

−

18

1

0.80

0.55–1.00

94.7

85.7

+

1

6

  1. WBBS whole-body bone scintigraphy